objects.pai

# Create an object
let object = {
    'name' => 'Alice',
    'age' => 30,
    'city' => 'Wonderland'
}

# Access properties
print {object['name']}  # prints "Alice"
print {object.age}  # prints "30"

# Modify properties
let object{'age'} = 31  # object is now {'name' => 'Alice', 'age' => 31, 'city' => 'Wonderland'}
let object{'city'} = 'New Wonderland'  # object is now {'name' => 'Alice', 'age' => 31, 'city' => 'New Wonderland'}

print{object.json_encode(true)} # Pretty-print the object as JSON

# Iterate over object properties
for key value in {pairs(object)} do
    print "{key}: {value}"
end

# Create a nested object
# Note that inside the initial braces {...} block, braces or parentheses are interchangeable.
let person = {
    'name' => 'Alice',
    'age' => 30,
    'address' => (
        'city' => 'Wonderland',
        'zipcode' => '12345'
    ),
    'hobbies' => {'reading', 'chess', 'gardening'}
}

# Access nested properties
print {person.address.city}  # prints "Wonderland"
print {person.hobbies[2]}  # prints "chess"

# Modify nested properties
let person{'address', 'zipcode'} = '54321'  # person.address.zipcode is now '54321'
let person{'hobbies', 1} = 'writing'  # person.hobbies is now {'writing', 'chess', 'gardening'}

print{json_encode(person, true)} # Pretty-print the object as JSON